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American colonel (1632–1691)
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Colonel John West, Jr. of West Point, Virginia (1632–1691) was an ancient planter, commander of the New Kent Militia in the Colony of Virginia and represented the county in the House of Burgesses, as would his sons. Complicating matters, while this man sided with Governor William Berkeley during Bacon's Rebellion and had his property at West Point severely damaged, his cousin of the same name who lived on Virginia's Eastern Shore sided with the rebels and briefly represented Accomack County as a burgess, and received a pardon after the conflict.
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